KEN CAN BE MY MARKO

NEIL WARNOCK believes his out-ofsorts striker Ken Zohore could be as effective for Cardiff as Marko Arnautovic is for West Ham.

The Bluebirds boss says he has not given up on his Danish target man (below), even though he has only given him three starts this season.

Warnock went to France to watch Nantes striker Emiliano Sala this week, but claims that if Zohore gets back to his best he won’t need to bring in a new striker in January.

“When I look at West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic, six months ago he was idle, never bothered and probably got a manager the sack here or there,” said Warnock.

“Then the penny dropped, he started working his socks off and now he is one of the best strikers in the country.

“That is what you’ve got to do, it has to come from within. When you have the qualities Ken has, you’ve got to have the desire to make the most of them.

“If he is firing, I don’t think we’d have to buy anyone up front in January. We are looking because he isn’t firing at the moment.

“The priority at the moment is to give Ken a couple of weeks of pre-season training and get him ready for selection for the Man United game.

“If we could get him firing on all cylinders that would eliminate a lot of our problems.”

Cardiff host relegation rivals Southampton today and will be hoping to build on their recent 2-1 home wins over Wolves and Brighton.